At Westwood-with-Iford School, we believe English has a crucial role to play in equipping our children with the language skills they need to become successful in every aspect of their life.

Spoken Language

At Westwood-with-Iford, we recognise that the development of good oral communication skills is vital. We want younger children to learn to articulate their thoughts and feelings through a language rich environment, with high quality dialogue being modelled and encouraged. We want the development of these oracy skills to continue to be a key focus as the children travel through the school.

Reading

At Westwood-with-Iford, we are passionate about developing confident, fluent readers and promoting Reading for Pleasure as a way to broaden children’s horizons and develop their language skills. We actively encourage ‘book chat’ and informal discussions about what we enjoy reading and celebrate a diverse range of authors to ensure every child feels represented and valued.

Writing

At Westwood-with-Iford, we are committed to our children becoming competent, motivated writers who can communicate their ideas effectively and efficiently. We believe that the use of a range of genre and stimuli, as well as a variety of text types, will inspire our children to communicate their own ideas and thoughts through writing.